Although the Portuguese were responsible for the early European settlement of both Bombay and Goa, Goa is having much closer political and cultural links with Portugal than Bombay is having.

Although the Portuguese were responsible for the early European settlement of both Bombay and Goa, Goa is having much closer political and cultural links with Portugal than Bombay is having.

A – of both Goa and Bombay, Goa is having much closer political and cultural links with Portugal than Bombay is having

B – in both Goa and Bombay, they are closer in their political and cultural links in Goa than in Bombay

C – of both nations, Goa has much closer political and cultural links to Portugal than Bombay has

D – in both nations, Goa is politically and culturally linked to Portugal in a much closer fashion than Bombay

E – of both Goa and Bombay, they have much closer political and cultural links to it than Bombay has

Right Answer: C

Difficulty: Medium

Error Identification

Identifier	Error Type
Settlement in vs of	Miscellaneous / Meaning / Idiom
They	Pronoun
Is having	Tense

Explanation: 

The primary identifier is that of settlement of vs settlement in. ‘Settlement in’ is incorrect since Portugal didn’t move from Europe and settle in these two places; instead Portugal created settlements in these two regions.  

A – ‘Bombay is having’ is incorrect and should be eliminated. 

B – ‘Settlement in’ is incorrect; The use of ‘they’ is ambiguous. 

C – This is the correct answer as it fixes all the issues with the original sentence.  

D – ‘Settlement in’ is incorrect. 

E – ‘they’ is ambiguous.